The Toronto Harbour Light is an automated
lighthouse at Vicki Keith Point on the
Leslie Street Spit
The Leslie Street Spit, or officially the Outer Harbour East Headland, is a human-made headland in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, extending from the city's east end in a roughly southwesterly direction into Lake Ontario. It is about long. The Spit i ...
in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
, Ontario, Canada.
Construction
The concrete structure was completed in 1974 by the then
Toronto Harbour Commission
The Toronto Harbour Commission (THC) was a joint federal-municipal government agency based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The agency managed Toronto Harbour as well as being responsible for major works along the Toronto waterfront. It built both ...
. It is now operated by the
Toronto Port Authority
The Toronto Port Authority (TPA), doing business as PortsToronto (PT), is a port authority that is responsible for the management of the Port of Toronto, including the International Marine Passenger Terminal, and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport ...
. The lighthouse is powered by a
solar panel and directs shipping traffic along the Eastern Channel into
Toronto Harbour
Toronto Harbour or Toronto Bay is a bay on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a natural harbour, protected from Lake Ontario waves by the Toronto Islands. Today, the harbour is used primarily for recreational b ...
.
See also
*
List of lighthouses in Ontario
This is a list of lighthouses in the province of Ontario, Canada.
Lighthouses
See also
* List of lighthouses in Canada
* Imperial Towers (a group of lighthouses in the list)
References
External links
*
{{Lighthouses of Canada
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*
List of lighthouses in Canada
Further reading
* Crompton, Samuel Willard & Michael J. Rhein. ''The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses'' (2002) ; .
* Jones, Ray, & Roberts, Bruce (Photographer). ''Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses'' (Lighthouse Series) (Paperback) (Old Saybrook, CN: The Globe Pequot Press) .
* Jones, Ray.''The Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The Definitive Reference'' (Globe Pequot, January 1, 2004, 1st ed.) ; .
* Oleszewski, Wes. ''Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses'', (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) .
*Penrose, Laurie & Penrose, Bill T., (1994-05) ''A Traveler's Guide to 100 Eastern Great Lakes: Lighthouses'' (Paperback), Friede Publications, 125 pages , p. 79.
* Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. ''Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia'' Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006)
External links
The Toronto Harbour LightAids to Navigation''Canadian Coast Guard''
Lighthouses completed in 1974
Buildings and structures in Toronto
Lighthouses in Ontario
1974 establishments in Ontario
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